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FINALLY, thunderstorm fried me modem the other night, no Internets been killing me, sorry to hear your still having cooling probs drop,ill stick my head under the bonnet tomorrow and find that hose for you aswell, i finally got my Bluetooth obd reader in the post though and its great when it works i got a faulty one connects then half way through doing anything its disconnects again, tryed it in a friends 318 and its the same so returned and a replacement is on the way, did you have any probs with yours drop and when i went through torque it even says its a cheap one from ebay or amazon i was well suprised, managed to clear 3 codes it found, and on a retest nothing came back all clear but im not gona dance till i get my new one and do it again its a well handy addon for the tool box though

FINALLY, thunderstorm fried me modem the other night, no Internets been killing me, sorry to hear your still having cooling probs drop,ill stick my head under the bonnet tomorrow and find that hose for you aswell, i finally got my Bluetooth obd reader in the post though and its great when it works i got a faulty one connects then half way through doing anything its disconnects again, tryed it in a friends 318 and its the same so returned and a replacement is on the way, did you have any probs with yours drop and when i went through torque it even says its a cheap one from ebay or amazon i was well suprised, managed to clear 3 codes it found, and on a retest nothing came back all clear but im not gona dance till i get my new one and do it again its a well handy addon for the tool box though

Hey Dave,

My router is an outdoor one, so im sure a good thunder stome will fry it too lol.

I took a few cover off to see where that hose goes, it goes from the MAF to the rail over the injectors (image below). I taped it up for now with electrical tape and the car is running a bit smoother now, but will replace it soon.

I do have a few problems with the OBD2 adapter, it doesnt always connect. But when it does it works fine. Sometimes I have to restart the app on teh phone to get it to connect to the ECU. I havent actually unplugged it in a few days, just leave it sitting there, its great for when the misses says things like 'I know your speeding in that car' and you can show her your journey log lol. Altho I did open her up a bit this evening. Brought her up to 100mph, but with the bad bushings and front wheel needing balancing, it wasnt exactly a smooth ride.

I cant wait for my mech to take a look at it, he would be better at finding the cooling issue than I would. He told me that he recently hired a guy who is a whiz with BMW and Audi, and is going to put him on my car and see if he can sort out the cooling issue.

The mech had a good look at it to see what could be causing the overheating.
He found that air was getting in at the therostat. New thermo going on her on Friday when I bring it back it.
Got a new front passenger tire while it was in there, so that sorts out my bubbled tire and a lot less shaky on the motorway

Altho in saying the thermo is leaking, he said it might not be the only cause of the overheathing, he reckons the head might be on the way out too, and could be a factor in the overheating.

Now if you had read my post #2340 on page 117 on 25th July you wouldhave fixed it a month ago

But i am glad it's sorted for you

I didn't have any spare cash to get a new thermo so removed the thermostat from the housing. Not seeing any changes I sort of ruled out that the thermostat was the problem. I was pretty wrong about that. It was letting air in.

But im happy now. I have the bits in the cooling system sorted because of it.. new expansion tank, radiator sealed, new water pump and belt.

The way i see it is if I found the source of the issue earlier I may not have done the things above. . So im kinda happy i didn't change the thermostat until now.

Hi guys need some help been googling away all yesterday. I need a good diagram for remote onn off angel eye switch on fob, ie when you unlock the car the angel eyes come on with the footwell lights. I know you need run a trigger wire from the footwell light into the diode then to the lights but which wire I'm not sure any help would be a life saver cheers lads

Hi guys need some help been googling away all yesterday. I need a good diagram for remote onn off angel eye switch on fob, ie when you unlock the car the angel eyes come on with the footwell lights. I know you need run a trigger wire from the footwell light into the diode then to the lights but which wire I'm not sure any help would be a life saver cheers lads

I found something on YouTube before showing how to do it. . Will look up my history when im in the office later today.

Yeah cheers drop I remember that but it didn't show you how to wire into the actual light wiring loom with the trigger wire. I've been trying find a picture step by step guide but can't find anything or anything on YouTube